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Subject: Re: need apple//e replacement keyboard
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 04:05:34 EDT
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Nf-From: isucs1!shaver    Oct  4 12:45:00 1985

[Bob's Beer]

Mark H. Mortensen [houu2a!9212mhm] sez:

> My Apple //e keyboard has been giving me trouble --
> [...]
> it seems that I have the choice of either
> replacing the bad keyswitches or getting a replacement
> keyboard.  But my Apple dealer will not sell me a
> replacement keyboard (their contract with Apple will
> not allow it, they tell me -- but they would be happy
> to repair it for a minimum of $90 plus parts and labor).

	I would say the your Apple dealer is FULL of it!  You should be
able to purchase ANY parts, boards, etc via your local Apple dealer.
Sounds to me as if your dealer is just RIPPING PEOPLE OFF!  [I should add
that if this _IS_ Apple policy, then I'm sorry -- >ALL< the dealers I have
EVER dealt with will sell parts, swap boards etc to their costumers.]

> 	2 - Does anyone know what kind of keyswitches are
> 		used in the //e keyboard [...]

	In limited experience with fixing keyboard switches I found there
were basicly 3 kinds of Apple Keyboards: The OLD ][ keyboards {the version
with the copper pads that touch when you press a key}, the //e keyboard
{it has 'micro-switches' that are individually replaceable}, and one that
uses slightly different micro-keyswitches.

	These micro-keyswitches are CHEAP.  [read ~$0.45]  To install them
takes no time at all and it's real easy.  I once broke a key-cap stem on
my OLD ][+ keyboard. {The one with the copper pads}  I tore it out and took
it into the local dealer.  Problem was that Apple has not been making parts
for the 'pad' keyboard for quite sometime.  Thus I had to "swap" the keyboard
for a new one.  The cost was ~$50.00.  At the time I swapped by keyboard, I
bought 10 or so keyswitches for the new keyboard -- just in case Apple decided
not to support my new keyboard I had just swapped to get!

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